Drogas Light

Lupe Fiasco announced the album on December 24, 2016,{{cite web|author=Vibe |url=http://www.vibe.com/2016/12/lupe-fiasco-release-date-drogas-light/ |title=Lupe Fiasco Announces Release Date For 'DROGAS Light' |work=Vibe |date=December 26, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2017}} revealing its release date and cover art via Twitter. He confirmed the album's track listing on December 27,{{cite magazine|first=Carl |last=Lamarre |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7633383/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-release-date-tracklist |title=Lupe Fiasco Announces New Release Date for 'Drogas Light' Album |magazine=Billboard |date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2017}} which differed from the track listing shared in May 2016.{{cite web|author=Vibe |url=http://www.vibe.com/2016/05/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-tracklist/ |title=Lupe Fiasco Releases Potential 'Drogas Light' Tracklist |work=Vibe |date=May 7, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2017}}

Fiasco has referred to the project as a "refinement of 'Lasers.' Period". Lupe Fiasco alludes that a lot of the material on DROGAS Light isn't exactly recent. He said it's full of songs "from the vaults" and that there are just "a few new pieces." He reiterates "DROGAS" is coming in the next few months and DROGAS Light is simply the prequel to that project.{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.42321/title.lupe-fiasco-rates-own-drogas-light-album#|title=Lupe Fiasco Rates Own "DROGAS Light" Album|work=HipHopDX|date=February 10, 2017 }}

The album is part of a planned trilogy of albums, with the following two to be titled Drogas Wave and Skulls.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lupe-fiasco-announces-new-album-shares-gizzle-collaboration-jump-1942252 |title=Lupe Fiasco announces new album and shares Gizzle collaboration 'Jump' |publisher=NME |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017}}

The album was released February 10 worldwide via digital outlets and physical copies.

The album also marks his first under Thirty Tigers following his departure from record label Atlantic Records.

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 5.1/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8480/Lupe-Fiasco-Drogas-Light.aspx|title=Drogas Light by Lupe Fiasco reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=December 8, 2019}}

| MC = 56/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/drogas-light/lupe-fiasco|title=Reviews for Drogas Light by Lupe Fiasco|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/drogas-light-mw0003001225|title=Drogas Light – Lupe Fiasco|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite web|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-lupe-fiasco-music-ent-0217-20170217-column.html|title=With 'Drogas Light,' Lupe Fiasco stumbles in trying to beat mainstream rap at its own game|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 17, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev3 = Evening Standard

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Smyth|first=David|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-review-reaches-higher-a3463581.html|title=Lupe Fiasco – Drogas Light review: 'reaches higher'|work=Evening Standard|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210161217/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-review-reaches-higher-a3463581.html|archive-date=February 10, 2017}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite web|last=Harmony|first=A.|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/lupe_fiasco-drogas_light|title=Lupe Fiasco: DROGAS Light|work=Exclaim!|date=February 15, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=MacInnes|first=Paul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/09/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-review-thirty-tigers|title=Lupe Fiasco: Droga's Light review – skill shines through in a seesaw comeback|work=The Guardian|date=February 9, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev6 = The Observer

| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last=Morris|first=Damien|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/12/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-review|title=Lupe Fiasco: Drogas Light review – soggy and incoherent|work=The Observer|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 7.4/10{{cite web|last=Houghton|first=Edwn "STATS"|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22882-drogas-light/|title=Lupe Fiasco: DROGAS Light|work=Pitchfork|date=February 14, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-lupe-fiasco-free-from-majors-still-messy-on-drogas-light-116252/|title=Review: Lupe Fiasco, Free From Majors, Still Messy on 'Drogas Light'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev9 = The Skinny

| rev9Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last=Younes|first=Nadia|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light|title=Lupe Fiasco – Drogas Light|work=The Skinny|date=February 6, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

| rev10 = XXL

| rev10Score = 3/5{{cite web|last=Glaysher|first=Scott|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/02/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-album-review/|title=Lupe Fiasco Balances Bars and Ballads on 'DROGAS Light'|work=XXL|date=February 15, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215224629/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/02/lupe-fiasco-drogas-light-album-review/|archive-date=February 15, 2017}}

}}

Drogas Light received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 11 reviews.

The album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-03-04|work=Billboard 200|title=Billboard 200 - March 4, 2017|access-date=March 14, 2017}} selling 20,000 copies (including 14,000 in pure album sales) in its first week.

Tracklist adapted from AllMusic and iTunes.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/drogas-light/1188857868|title=DROGAS Light by Lupe Fiasco on Apple Music|website=iTunes|language=en|access-date=February 7, 2017}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 60:57

| title1 = Dopamine Lit (Intro)

| writer1 = {{hlist|Wasalu Jaco|Rudolph Lopez}}

| extra1 = Soundtrakk

| length1 = 2:49

| title2 = NGL

| note2 = featuring Ty Dolla $ign

| writer2 = {{hlist|Jaco|Tyrone Griffin|Sam Gumbley}}

| extra2 = S-X

| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = Promise

| writer3 = {{hlist|Jaco|Lopez}}

| extra3 = Soundtrakk

| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = Made in the USA

| note4 = featuring Bianca Sings

| writer4 = {{hlist|Jaco|Tarik Azzouz|Clemm Rishad|Nicholas Warwar}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|StreetRunner|Azzouz}}

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Jump

| note5 = featuring Gizzle

| writer5 = {{hlist|Jaco|Lopez|Glenda Proby}}

| extra5 = Soundtrakk

| length5 = 4:34

| title6 = City of the Year

| note6 = featuring Rondo

| writer6 = {{hlist|Jaco|Brendan Long|Clint Massey}}

| extra6 = B-Sides

| length6 = 3:52

| title7 = High (Interlude)

| note7 = featuring Simonsayz

| writer7 = {{hlist|Jaco|Simon Morel}}

| extra7 = Simonsayz

| length7 = 3:58

| title8 = Tranquillo

| note8 = featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Rick Ross

| writer8 = {{hlist|Derrick Disu|James Fatora|Jaco|Justin Scott|William Roberts II}}

| extra8 = Floss & Fame

| length8 = 5:10

| title9 = Kill

| note9 = featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Victoria Monét

| writer9 = {{hlist|Griffin|Dernst Emile II|Jaco|Victoria McCants}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|D'Mile|Ty Dolla $ign}}

| length9 = 7:10

| title10 = Law

| note10 = featuring Simonsayz

| writer10 = {{hlist|Disu|Fatora|Jaco|Morel}}

| extra10 = Floss & Fame

| length10 = 5:26

| title11 = Pick Up the Phone

| writer11 = {{hlist|Jaco|Sebastian Lundberg|Eshraque Mughal}}

| extra11 = iSHi

| length11 = 4:39

| title12 = It's Not Design

| note12 = featuring Salim

| writer12 = {{hlist|Jaco|Long|Morel}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Simonsayz|B-Sides}}

| length12 = 3:50

| title13 = Wild Child

| note13 = featuring Jake Torrey

| writer13 = {{hlist|Jaco|Morel|Jacob Torrey|Tara Colleen Vachon}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Torrey|Simonsayz}}

| length13 = 3:28

| title14 = More Than My Heart

| note14 = featuring Rxmn and Salim

| writer14 = {{hlist|Jaco|Cyshae Strachan|Brandon Hamlin|Nathaniel Caserta}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Purps|Cy Fyre|B HAM}}{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/BQWaJeUgIEe/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BQWaJeUgIEe |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram post by Www.itspurps.com • Feb 10, 2017 at 11:50pm UTC}}{{cbignore}}

| length14 = 3:56

}}

Notes

• "Pick Up the Phone" features uncredited vocals by Sebastian Lundberg.
• "Jump" contains samples of Bla Bla Bla by Gigi D'Agostino

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